The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-12
ADDREss
To Ghe Agrfcuftmrfsts of the
State Of Louisiana.

The Executive Committee of the
Louisiana State Agricultural Society
held session in New Orleans on
February 10, and passed the following
resolution
| ResoIUed, That all papers in the
State are requested to publish the ad-
dress prepared by the Committee to
the agriculturists of the State.
| ADDRESS.
A convention of the farmers of the
State of Louisiana met in January
last in Baton Rouge and formed a
State Agricultural Society.
The executive committee of that
society met in the City of New Or
leans upon the 10th inst. and appoint
ed the undersigned committee to
issue an address to the people of the
State, setting forth the objects of our
organization, and making an appeal
for corporation.
The object of the State Agricultural
Society is to foster and advance all
agricultural interests, including farm
ing, gardening, stock.raising, dairy
ing, fruit-growing, etc.
When we consider how depressed is
the situation Of the farmer at present,
and how rich our soil and favorable
our climate, it certainly seems that our
condition is susceptible of improve
ment. Where can this improvement
come from except from ourselves
We, therefore, appeal to you to
unite iu an effort to improve, by or
ganization, discussion and study, the
fortunes of our State. If by confining
ourselves to the staple crops of cotton,
sugar and rice we have not achieved
prosperity, may not diversiication
Of crops and pursuits, or improved and
intensive methods of cultivation open
to us a great future Nature has
bountifully contributed fertile soil
and a climate where most of the agri-
cultural crops and grasses grow in
perfection, and it is certainly within
the range of possibility to utilize them
by intelligence, new methods and the
many influences that result from COM
bined study and organization.
We, therefore, urge upon you in
your respective parishes to organize
farmers clubs and associations, as we
believe that the methods that have
proved so successful in other States
will benefit us.
Remember, that farmers associa
tions abound in our sister States just
in proportion to their prosperity.
Thus, the richest States have the most
Of these associations, and the poorest
have the least, and If they are benef-
cent to prosperity, what blessing
may they not become to our poverty
The plan of our State Agricultural
Society calls upon the people to or
ganize locally, and when organized
these local organizations will send del
sgates to State annual conyentIon,I
and thus home rule and local views
md interests will attain the fullest
development.
This is an earnest attempt to organ
re the farmers of the State, and the
is now offered to you to
consult and confer together, in order
hat independence and prosperity may
'eVivify the State.
The next annual State convention
# the State Agricultural Society will
meet in Shreveport on the fourth
in January in 1888, and
We earnestly hope that each parish in
he State will be represented there by
delegates from agricultural associa-
ions organized within its limits.
JAMES JEEFRIEs, Rapides;
I'll. @. STRINaFELLow, Red River;
WIN. RoBsoN, Caddo; {
John A. WHITE, ST., East Feliciana; /
II, G, KEMpER, Avoyelles; Il
w. Q. SrUBBs, the A, & M. College /;
]. l.. Brent, Ascension; h
Committee ON Address. i